Philip B. Payne

I am delighted to make available a summary of Six Groundbreaking Discoveries detailed in “Vaticanus Distigme-obelos Symbols Marking Added Text, Including 1 Corinthians 14.34-5” New Testament Studies 63.4 (2017) 604-625. This summary also contains links to 25 publications by me that are posted on the Christians for Biblical Equality web site, www.cbeinternational.org. This summary and the full NTS article with twelve color photographs are also available for free download at www.pbpayne.com: Publications: Articles.

I am delighted that New Testament Studies 63 (2017) 604-625 is publishing my study, “Vaticanus Distigme-obelos Symbols Marking Added Text, Including 1 Corinthians 14.34-5″ with twelve colour photographs, downloadable free in September 2017 from https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-testament-studies/open-access. Downloads are free since Christians for Biblical Equality paid to make it an Open Access article permitting unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Attached is a supplement to that article giving the chi-square standard probability test data confirming that the eight bars with characteristic features in Vaticanus are not simply paragraph marks, but obeloi marking blocks of added text. Six groundbreaking discoveries in this study are summarized at cbe.today/Vaticanus.

The following link shows you Phil Payne’s PowerPoint for his talk, “Why do Women and Gender Studies Matter for a Christian University?” It shows that the Bible does not teach twelve allegedly biblical reasons against the equality of man and woman. Payne Whitworth Women https://www.pbpayne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Whitworth-talk.ppt

Whitworth University in Spokane, WA, has invited me to give two public talks with discussion, a coffee time with honors students, and three meals with faculty members, including a faculty dinner with a discussion on “The Meaning of Biblical Equality.” The first public talk is on Monday, March 20 from 8:00 to 9:30 PM in the HUB Chambers (upstairs) to Overflow on, “Is God a Feminist? The Bible’s Affirmations of the Equal Standing and Privileges of Women and Men.” The second public talk is Tuesday, March 21 from 7:00 – 8:00 PM in the Weyerhaeuser Hall 1st floor Robinson Teaching Theatre on, “Why do Women and Gender Studies Matter at a Christian University.” If you are in the area, come early to get a good seat! This link shows you my talk, Why do Women and Gender Studies Matter? https://www.pbpayne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Why-do-Women-and-Gender-Studies-Matter.pdf 

I am delighted to make available a complete Chinese translation, including end notes, of my article summarizing the central argument of Man and Woman, One in Christ: “The Bible Teaches the Equal Standing of Man and Woman” Priscilla Papers 29 number 1 (Winter 2015) 3-10. I am profoundly grateful to Jiang Qingxin (江庆心), Beijing (北京), Renmin (People’s) University of China (中国人民大学), who translated it. Mable Yin writes, “the translation is superb. I dare not touch it. I am clearly in awe of it. It is excellent. I am just THRILLED this translation exists.” 

The 50+ ordained women who attended the Assemblies of God Conference yesterday were wonderfully responsive and full of outstanding questions. Vicki Judd, who led the conference emailed me, “It was a joy and an honor to have you teach today. The feedback from our ladies has been phenomenal. Thank you so much for sharing your joy and passion with us today.”

I am delighted to announce that an updated 270 page Bibliography to Man and Woman, One in Christ is available to view under Publications: Bibliography and that I will be presenting four lectures tomorrow, June 10, in Snoqualmie, WA, to ordained women in the Assemblies of God. Read the complete post…

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I am delighted to make available the Mandarin Chinese translation kindly made by Sharon Lu from Shanghai, China, and proof read by Eddie Chao and others of my article published in Priscilla Papers 29 no. 1 (2015) pages 3-10: “The Bible Teaches the Equal Standing of Man and Woman.” mw = standing Mandarin

I’ll be reading a paper at the ETS Annual Meeting that argues that the text of the Gospels in Codex Vaticanus B is even earlier than that of P75, and that Codex Vaticanus B marks 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 as a later addition: “Distigme-Obelos Symbols Marking Added Text, Including 1 Corinthians 14:34-35.” Read the complete post…

I have just learned that next week the eBook version of Man and Woman, One in Christ will be on sale Nov 17 – 24 at 11:59 pm ET, at all major eBook retailers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CBD.com, etc.). For instance, it is 25% off, to $14.99, at http://bit.ly/1MAr0za Enjoy the savings!

I am delighted to make available the French translation made by Dominique Mallol of Strassbourg, France, of my article published in Priscilla Papers 29 no. 1 (2015) pages 3-10: “The Bible Teaches the Equal Standing of Man and Woman.” Dans la Bible l’homme et la femme ont le même statut

I am delighted to make available a seven page summary of Man and Woman, One in Christ. “The Bible Teaches the Equal Standing of Man and Woman” was published in Priscilla Papers 29 number 1 (2015) 3-10. Many people have asked me for precisely such a summary. Click on the following link to see it and share it with your friends! Read the complete post…

I am excited to make available my newest major article on the conjunction in 1 Timothy 2:12: “OUDE Combining Two Elements to Convey a Single Idea and 1 Timothy 2:12: New Insights” Read the complete post…

I am delighted to be presenting a Workshop on “New Life in Christ Entails Men and Women Sharing Authority and Leadership” Sunday July 29 at the CBE Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.

It will show how Galatians 3:28; 1 Corinthians 11:2-16; Romans 16; 1 Corinthians 7 and Ephesians 5:21-22 demand shared leadership.

Please find attached both the handout for the talk and its PowerPoint. Read the complete post…

I have returned from the remarkable 2015 Marcella Summit: A convening on the Blessed Alliance, May 1-3 at the Retreat at Balcones Springs, Austin, Read the complete post…

University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, has posted audio of Phil’s talks on 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, 1 Timothy 2:11-12, 1 Timothy 2:13-3:13, and God’s Word to All at http://www.upc.org/worship/AudioVideo.aspx. Phil’s talk Read the complete post…

I am in the midst of a delightful series of lectures and discussions for the University Presbyterian Church Adult Education Class in Seattle, WA. Read the complete post…

I returned this week from a wonderfully-received series of 14 hours of public lectures and discussions in Minneapolis-St. Paul October 2-5. Read the complete post…